On September 5th we went to a Mexican restaurant after Megan's dance class that has a play toy outside. Megan was just starting up the ladder when she fell - I couldn't see how she landed but she was crying and covered in mulch and complaining that her elbow hurt. Later that evening my Mom and I took her to the ER. It was about 9:30 and we didn't get home till about 12:30. She was such a trooper, happy to get a dollar from Mamma and a chatty cathy the entire time. The ER told us it was sprained and sent us home. The next morning a different Dr from the hospital called and said it might be a hairline fracture and to take her to an orthopedic Dr in 8-10 days. The hurricane was coming the next week so I wanted to get her in sooner than later so I made an appt for Wed. The Dr said her arm was broke - a radial head fracture and that she would need to wear a cast for 3 weeks. Megan was doing good till the nurse started putting the bandage all down her arm and that is when she decided she'd had enough. It was a very unpleasant experience. The Dr and nurses were extremely rude and Megan was very scared. Thankfully my Dad was able to come up and calm us all done and Megan sat in his lap while they put the very hot pink cast on! Good news is that she's been great with it on - except for the 20 hrs we had without power where she was starting to get too hot and itchy! The most important thing we learned during this time is that you can't eat corn on the cob with a cast on!
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